It has taken some time for me to come to terms with the fact that as a growing Christian, there are others like me, seeking for truth about the reason they believe, and are at different places in their faith. For the longest time, I always thought I was the only right one …well, I and all those that agreed with me especially on matters to do with my faith and my understanding of God.   It is quite a disarming revelation to know that we all, as Christians, are in this together and are being broken, molded and taught daily about the God we serve, what it means to serve him and how we aught to serve him. In this course, differences come up. There are those that hold one teaching dear over another and as such disdain all other teachings. These are usually labeled the fundamentalists. There are those who are content only with the basics and would be grateful, if it were kept that way, these are called the conservatives. Then there are those that want to go both ways and these are labeled the moderates. There are those that like to include “outside information” to enrich their Christian experience, these are labeled the liberalists.

All of them are in one way or another trying to find their way to the Truth. Some may have gotten it wrong at first but get round to it eventually, others adamantly refuse to move from what they know, whilst others stray way, way out of the plan that it is almost improbable to get them back on track.
Such is the way of humans.
The diversity of humanity is an erratic, unpredictable and disorderly miscellany of ideas, mindsets, opinions, philosophies, attitudes, notions, thoughts, concepts, and cultures! These are the most instrumental elements that affect the assortments of humankind in their perceptions on all concerning faith and life. As a result, misconceptions of Truth are birthed. Because of a wide range of perceptions, there are differences in thought patterns; unchangeable cultural differences… different attitudes and opinion are built in time.

Because of the fallibility of our humanness, the co-existence of this diversity has created eternal feuds between cultures, between societies and between nations for countless lifetimes. The world was stricken with unthinkable horrors created and distributed by those that, for egocentric and narcissistic reasons, wanted their mores to excel for their own puny continuity. These men fell blind to the beauty of diversity and almost destroyed all that is good and true in the eye of the Creator. They linger on today, causing mayhem and chaos because of inward looking attitudes, opinions, philosophies and perceptions fostered over time.  The dim light of their own little glory blinded them from valuing any other kind of light. As such, they cast more darkness to the beauty of our world. A beauty that was put there in the first place for man to marvel at! The shadows of wickedness past are still hurled at the far borders of time.

The beauty of shadows however, is in the light that casts them.  The silhouettes of a much darker blackness lurk and prowl looking to spread their malady on our frail humanity with the sole purpose to feed on our own destruction…

But the light! Oh the light that reveals! Oh blackness, where is your power? Through the cracks of time, were shimmers of truth, till that day at Calvary… when all light broke loose!  The Light of Truth! The speech of a sentient being; The WORD of GOD!

This is why I disagree with the idea of relativism of truth.Truth cannot and will never, by its nature, be relative. Instead it is the perceptions of truth that are relative. The Word of Truth is either truthful or a lie! It cant be both to different individuals.
It is this word of Truth that brings all differences, all diversities, all philosophies and all ideas under one call. His call!
This word that He holds above his name, is not (in my opinion) -as traditionally believed to be -written on pages of paper or in sacred book of truths written over centuries.  No, this word I speak of is written in every heart and in every soul. In every spirit and in every mind!  Written as an imprint of Himself in the very fabric of humanity for it to have dominion, authority and continuance of all things good and True.

As a Christian, the “written” word of God, that is the bible, (again, in my opinion) is a road map, a field with clues, symbols, directions and guidelines for the maze of life as we know it. It is the compass that leads us to the very definition and our understanding of Who this Light of TRUTH is.

GOD, this Light of TRUTH, could not and Will not be limited to what is written about him in our holy books. This is not to dismiss what they say and why they teach us how to live a fulfilled life here in our puny little world… But we cannot be blinded again by our conceptions and desperately limited knowledge of all that God is. He is much, much bigger !

The word is not the end in itself. It is the Beginning of the Knowledge of him. It’s the Torch and he is the light! The revelation of life begins in the beauty of his light! The Light of Truth!